Bearclaw Valley oso

one’s fun if you play it safe. two is signing a death warrant. 

the assuredness he feels must visibly drain from his face as batsheba is joined by golem; soto realizes his jeopardy almost too late. 

she does not slow. soto lowers his head as she collides with his shoulder, suddenly assailed by the spectre from behind. his jaws snap round to his assailant’s face with the goal to create an opening in which he could run. 

soto thrusts teeth and shoulder every which way with hard shoves, opening to a gallop towards the valley’s entrance.